Seven Group Holdings
’ chief financial officer Andrew Harrison has quietly resigned and left the company on March 1, after just 18 months in the role.

Harrison became group CFO of Seven Group Holdings on November 2011, soon after the new entity was created via a takeover of Seven Network by West Australian Newspapers. It owns 33.2 per cent of Seven West Media, owner of the Seven Network, 100 per cent of Caterpillar dealer Westrac and 45 per cent of Coates Hire.

Seven Group is majority owned by
Kerry Stokes
’s Australian Capital Equity.

Rumours have been circulating for several months that Harrison would move on at the end of February. The Seven Group has not returned CFO’s calls to confirm the rumours, but on Monday Harrison’s office confirmed he had left the company.

Harrison was formerly CFO at global electricity and gas meter manufacturer Landis + Gyr for six years.